eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 19, 2012, 03:01:That you never want all your knowledge, ONLINE. Because right when you need it, some political activists just might black out wikipedia for a day, or week, or month.

seems to me you missed out on the concept of wikipedia and how it became popular with user submitted content that in the beginning were mostly plagiarized information. without due process SOPA and PIPA would have prevented wikipedia from getting their act together like it has today. so yeah complain about the politics and enjoy your free internet. the two are increasingly dependent on each other.

Bhruic wrote on Jan 19, 2012, 00:47:Wikipedia even did it fairly well, in that they only seemed to block the site for US users. At least, up here, I could access the site all day fine, so I'm assuming they must not have blocked it globally.

turning off javascript enabled US visitors to view wikipedia during the blackout. at least thats what i read on some news sites. i dont visit wikipedia on a regular basis so was not able to test it.

Wikipedia even did it fairly well, in that they only seemed to block the site for US users. At least, up here, I could access the site all day fine, so I'm assuming they must not have blocked it globally.

What a horribly biased article. It mentions nothing about the harmful effects of SOPA and PIPA, and tries to make Wikipedia look like a bunch of bleeding hearts for educating the public about this proposed legislation.